This is a great story about the mid 70's football league that took on the NFL, the WFL.
... It has gems like this... Jacksonville owner Fran Monaco got into such dire financial straits that he borrowed $27,000 from his head coach, Bud Asher, to meet player payroll ... and then fired Asher without repaying the money.
... A bit long but good for a few laughs... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33730117/the-renegade-took-nfl-nba-nhl